Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 bookend was designed and signed by

was designed and signed by Rune Tennesmed of Sweden

It measures 7" long x 2 3/4" wide x 3/4" tall

with one noticeable ding (indent) along the corner edge of one face and a bit of tearing at the corners of the lid

the more amazed I am

Model 148/2740 (design 148 on shape 2740)

Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 bookend was designed and signed byThis charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own, and features deeply incised then blackened detailing for the laces and across the toe, and then 1917, presumably the year of its making, on both sides. I am not entirely sure of the stone; it may be marble but I'm not quite certain. The white irregularities seem for the most part to be indigenous to the stone rather than dings to the surface, though